wwii

OK, folks, here comes a real esoteric request. I have been researching this question for a loooong time, and have not found a definitive answer. The The Me-261 was powered by the legendarily wretched (underdeveloped, arguably) DB paired motor units. On most of the aircraft that shared the use of...

I think we may have someone on the forums here who participated in this. Hey Bill ( @billrunnels ), were you in on this one? -Irish

Hi Everyone - I'm new here so be gentle :) I recently came into possession of two wooden propellers with metal on the leading edges. They are 36" in length and 7" at the widest point. They have Hamilton stickers on them but there are no other markings that I can see. The only mark is a patent...

My cousins grandfather flew aboard a ww2 american Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed "The O-Bitch-u-airy Mary". I recall that it was shot down over France and he survived but most of his crew, dear friends of his, did not. There was a photo hanging in his house of the plane and the...

Giuseppe Torcasio Italian forces an officer candidate in uniform with the heavy artillery regiment insignia on his peaked visor cap, WWII North Africa

It is listed as a gunnery film but there is a lot of footage of second line/obsolete aircraft being flown by the Navy in training missions. Thrown in are a Spitfire and a D.510. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4yVe2aVYfw

New thread about aviation from interwar-modern day. Just a general discussion. anything relating to aircraft. Example: some of my favorite aircraft: Grumman F6F Hellcat Boeing B-52 Stratofortress McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II Republic-Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II General Atomics MQ-9...

Can anyone help out with information on obtaining Browning 50Cal M2 BMG's? I work at EAA in Oshkosh rebuilding WWII warbirds. We are currently looking for around 12 Browning machine guns for our B25 & B17 bombers. If the guns are inert, that is ok as that is what we want. If there not, we'll...

Who makes the best display models of WWII airplanes.

The Panzer IV was a German medium tank that saw service in WWII. Originally devised as an infantry support tank, it was increasingly pressed into service against enemy tanks, and soon took over that role from the Panzer III. It saw service all throughout WWII, even after it's replacement, the...

Thought I would post some pdfs and images that have been on my hard drive for a while covering Allied WWII infa red equipment. The Nazi Fanbois would have us believe that the master race was the only one who could design build and use advanced tech but thats a load of Bull manure. The Allies...

1/48 P-38M - Night War of WWII Username donivanp Name Don Category Intermediate Scale 1:48 Manufacturer Academy and Revell Model Type Lockheed P-38J

Have you seen this one...? WW2Color.com :: Search

As the title asks, what was Curtiss-Wright's greatest contribution to WWII?

Hi, First off forgive me Im not very knowledgeable about this subject, hence this post. Im trying to locate any restored WWII-era flying boats operating here in the US. In other words Im looking for a flying boat that still performs water landings. I understand a few still operates in...

I have a mast antenna in a box that came from a barn in Italy. It has all of the stamps and parts numbers etc. and I am trying to find out what airplane came from. It says "AN 74A" and "File no. 5884 WF SCPD-43 " in large block letters. It supposedly came with the 382nd air group. Any info would...

I’ve noticed that the Grumman F6F Hellcat gets little respect in here from a lot of people and is generally not all that well thought of since this forum seems to like on top speed over other characteristics. I decided to re-check “Duels in the Sky” by Eric Brown, widely acclaimed as the most...

RLM - Painting and Weathering Luftwaffe WWII aircraft, 80 minutes DVD.

In WWII, The 8th USAAF solved the problem of assembling multiple bomber groups for formation under radio silence by using war weary B-24s and sometimes B-17s either garishly painted, or lit as flying assembly points. The reason for the assembly ships was to give USAAF bombers a visual aid to...

Did any WWII pilots/units paint their aircraft red (or any other conspicuous color)?